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Friday, 9 December 1988

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 11:05 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:06 AM

Sunset5:20 PM

Nakshatra until 10:26 PM

Avoid 10:56 AM – 12:13 PM

Auspicious 11:53 AM – 12:33 PM

AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:56 AM – 12:13 PM

2:46 PM – 4:03 PM

8:23 AM – 9:40 AM

11:12 AM – 12:33 PM, 2:36 PM – 3:58 PM

These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →

Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:56 AM

Moonset5:34 PM

Dhriti until 9:58 AM

Naga

Shukravara

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